Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

Joint Association of Classics Teachers (JACT): member of Council since 2006; member of Classical Civilisation Subcommittee since 2008.

Association for Latin Teaching (ArLT): member of Council since 2008.

London Association of Classical Teachers Original Records (LACTORs): Treasurer since 1996.

Profile

After completing his PGCE Steve taught Classics for twenty years in comprehensive schools in Greater and Inner London and in rural Hertfordshire. Specialising in Latin, he also taught Ancient Greek, Classical Civilisation and Ancient History from GCSE to A-level. For eight years he was a mentor for the PGCE in Classics at Cambridge, and he became the course leader in 2008.

Steve has a particular interest in the teaching of Latin language and the ways in which pupils can access and develop their understanding of the Roman world through exposure to original source material. He is also interested in the design and use of materials for teaching and learning Classical Civilisation courses. He considers it essential as a teacher trainee in Classics to remain in contact with practising Classics teachers and is always interested in seeing new practices throughout the UK. Along with Aisha Khan-Evans of Kings College London he maintains www.classicsteaching.com a teacher training website for Classics, with funding from the DCSF. Steve contributes to CPD events at national and regional level, and has undertaken consultancy work for such organisations as QCDA, OCR and the Cambridge Schools' Classics project (CSCP).

Current research interests focus on teacher training provision for Classics teachers, especially the Graduate Teacher programme (GTP) and its successor Teach Direct. In addition he is following the experiences of non-specialist Latin teachers in two secondary schools in Sussex and Norfolk. He has a particlar interest in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Classics education. He holds a grant from the charity Classics for All to develop CPD resources for non-specialist Latin teachers and is currently writing a book for Bloomsbury Academic provisionally entitled 'Starting to Teach Latin'. In addition to his PGCE role, he currently works at a secondary school in Cambridge.

Classics Education

Pedagogy, language, Arts and Culture research group (PLACE)

Chief Interests

Catering for pupils of all abilities in the Classics classroom

Developing pupils' inferential skills from written evidence and material cutlure

Improving pupils' motivation and capacity to write extended essays

Exploiting original texts for teaching and learning

Extra-mural Classics - on site and in the museum

ICT in teaching Latin language and literature, especially teachers' developing pedagogies in using the digital resources of the Cambridge Latin Course

Teacher training in Classics

Current Research Project(s)

Teacher training routes for Classics

Non-specialist Latin teachers

Teachers' developing practice in using the CLC digital resources

Prospective PhD Applications

Steve is not accepting applications from potential research students.

Course Involvement

Secondary PGCE

Recent Publications

Hunt, S. (2013). The Use of ICT in Teaching and Learning in the Classics Classroom. Journal of Classics Teaching, 28

Hunt, S. (forthcoming, 2013). The Impact of the Higher Fees Regime on Applicants for Teacher Training in Classics. CUCD, 2013.

Hunt, S. (2012). An investigation into the supply of Classics teachers in the secondary schools scetor through the Graduate Teacher programme (GTP) 2011-12. Journal of Classics Teaching, 26, pp9-16.

Downes, C., McDonnell, C. and Hunt, S. (2012). All can, most can, some can. Some practical ideas for using differentiation strategies in the Classics classroom. Journal of Classics Teaching, 26, pp25-26.